Superstar Usain Bolt returned from a hamstring injury on Friday with a 200 metres victory at the London Diamond League meet where American Kendra Harrison bettered the 28-year-old world record in the women’s 100m hurdles. Bolt won the Anniversary Games race in 19.89 seconds after a false start from a rival. It was the …

It felt as if she had come full circle when Lumien Orton won the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Championship at the Ebotse Links on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Orton beat the Western Cape’s Cara Gorlei 2Up in the final. Earlier she beat Symone Henriques 2&1 to make the final. But …

One of the most difficult selections for Team South Africa at the Rio Olympics will be the Springbok Sevens team. The SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) will announce the entire Olympic squad on Thursday in Johannesburg, and many rugby fans will be waiting with bated breath to see …

A shadowy plan to promote the Sharks has emerged following the publication of a damning letter by the franchise’s former chief executive, Brian van Zyl. The plan involves journalists being approached to publish articles attacking the former rugby chief executive. The articles were pre-written by unknown authors and distributed by …

Cape Town All Stars Football Club have confirmed the departure of the club’s Chief Executive Officer, Elasto Kapoweza, the two parties agreeing by mutual consent to end his contract with Igugu Lekapa. The former Zimbabwean international midfielder has asked that he be allowed to move back to Johannesburg to be …

Listening to the Springboks being booed off the pitch by a gatvol Ellis Park crowd while trailing 19-3 to Ireland at half-time in the second Test on Saturday, I found my head spinning around like a washing machine drum during its last cycle. No, it wasn’t a bad reaction between …

This until Ockie Strydom pulled off a gritty eagle at 18 to pocket the Wingate Challenge title on Wednesday. The Sunshine Tour campaigner drained a tricky putt from the back fringe at the final hole for a three to close with an even-par 72 and defeated Juan Swart and Morne …

The Kakamas-born defender Rivaldo Coetzee will captain Bafana Bafana’s COSAFA Cup squad against neighbours Lesotho on Saturday afternoon. The clash will take place at the Sam Nujoma Stadium, Namibia (kickoff is at 15h00 local time, SA time 16h00). Rivaldo is the most capped player in this squad and will partner …

The Junior Springboks, after trailing 19-7 at one stage, won their opening match 59-19 against Japan at the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Manchester, on Tuesday afternoon. The South Africans were given an almighty scare by Japan after winger Ataata Moeakiola’s hat-trick in the first half, but the 2012 champions …

New Springbok coach Allister Coetzee will be looking for pointers on the training ground this week to help him finalise his Test team to face Ireland in the Castle Lager Incoming Series starting in Cape Town on 11 June. Coetzee told rugby journalists in Stellenbosch on Sunday that he was …